Veerash Srikison is an admitted advocate and the founder of Fair Practice, a dispute resolution services organisation based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a cum laude graduate of the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa (AFSA – University of Pretoria) in Alternate Dispute Resolution and is the lead trainer for Fair Practice and AFSA (Arbitration Foundation of South Africa) in mediation and negotiation skills training. Over the past 6 years she has trained over 450 professionals from all sectors, including presiding officers in our judiciary, senior members of the Bar Council and delegates from the South African defence force, in Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Management. She is a Harvard trained mediator and negotiator and has presided as a judge in Civil/Commercial Mediation and Negotiation competitions globally. She is also an internationally accredited civil/commercial mediator and negotiator through CEDR (UK) and AOI (UK) She is the South African representative for ADR ODR International, a global network of accomplished mediators representing their countries from around the world. In addition to her Mediation and Negotiation qualifications she has obtained an LLM (University of Pretoria) with a distinction merit for her dissertation on mediation in family law. Veerash is a trustee of the organisation Matla A Bana - A Voice Against Child Abuse, and works closely with the SAPS in volunteering her time to assist where needed. Her passion for giving people a voice to reduce emotional trauma in disputes has made her an invited keynote speaker at numerous conferences and events. She has become a known speaker on all media platforms endorsing peaceful resolution over conflict and the empowerment of the vulnerable through her work as mediator in high conflict disputes. For more information on the work Veerash does go to www.fairpractice.co.za